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Hi all,

just to let everybody know, the new version of NVIDIA drivers for Linux 1.0-6629 (release Nov. 5) holds quite a few promises:

Added support for GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6600 GT.
Added support for Quadro FX 4000 SDI
Added support for 512 MB framebuffers.
Improved support for GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language). <====
Improved performance for VBO (OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects).
Improved support for Linux 2.6 kernels. <======
Improved support for PCI Express.
Reduced virtual address space consumption in OpenGL applications.
Updated documentation. Please see the text README file.

The Known Issues section contains new information for EM64T and for multithreaded application stability. There are also new appendices:

(app-s) APPENDIX S: POWER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
(app-t) APPENDIX T: DISPLAY DEVICE NAMES
(app-u) APPENDIX U: THE COMPOSITE X EXTENSION
Improved support for EM64T Linux/x86-64 systems
Improved support for RenderAccel
Improved performance for Java2D.
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Unfortunately, throughout this evening the site is TOTALLY OVERLOADED. I can't get in...

Bye Fridger

after hours of trying tonight, I just managed to download the new driver. Even with respectable speed of 260 KByte/sec...

Let's see...

Bye Fridger

OK, installation, including the compilation of the new kernel module was as easy as ever.

Everything looks fine, so far.
My OpenGL info header now says:

Vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer : GeForce FX 5900 Ultra/AGP/SSE2
Version : 1.5.2 NVIDIA 66.29
Max simultaneous textures: 4
Max texture size: 4096

Bye Fridger